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19 BBY — 1 BBY

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c. 19 BBYBattle of Kashyyykc. 5 BBYChewbacca's life debt to Han Solo

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c. 19 BBYBattle of KashyyykThe Republic and the Wookiees defended a forest world in the final weeks of the war.
10 BBYHan meets ChewbaccaFor attempting to desert, Han is thrown into a pit with the “beast,” which turns out to be Chewbacca, a Wookiee enslaved by the Empire. Speaking Shyriiwook, Han convinces the Wookiee to team up, and together they bring down a support of the grate and climb out. Beckett's gang picks up the fugitives, and together they leave Mimban aboard a stolen hauler.
10 BBYConveyex heist on VandorOn snowy Vandor, Beckett's gang tries to lift a car of refined coaxium off a rail conveyex. The raid is disrupted by the Cloud-Riders led by Enfys Nest: Rio Durant is mortally wounded, and Val blows up the bridge along with herself. To avoid getting Beckett and Chewbacca killed, Han uncouples the car, and the cargo falls into the gorge and explodes.
10 BBYRaid on the Kessel minesTo pay off Dryden Vos, the crew aboard Lando Calrissian's Millennium Falcon infiltrates the Pyke syndicate's mines posing as slavers and slaves. The droid L3-37 removes the restraining bolts from the local droids and starts a slave uprising, while Han carries twelve canisters of unrefined coaxium out of the thermal vault. During the escape, L3-37 is destroyed by enemy fire and Lando is wounded.
10 BBYKessel Run in twelve parsecsBecause of the instability of the unrefined coaxium, Han flies the Millennium Falcon straight through the Akkadese Maelstrom, evading Imperial fighters and the summa-verminoth monster. The navigational data of the destroyed L3-37 is transferred into the ship's systems, which helps find a way out of the Maw's gravity well. After landing on Savareen, Han declares that he made the Kessel Run in just twelve parsecs, rounding in his own favor.
10 BBYShowdown on SavareenDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
c. 5 BBYChewbacca's life debt to Han SoloA smuggler discharged from Imperial service runs into a Wookiee whom he saved from slavers and who now considers himself bound by a life debt. On Nar Shaddaa, the partners find work with a smuggler pilot and then enter the service of the Hutts Jabba and Jiliac.
1 BBYVirus outbreak on the prison barge PurgeBecause of an engine failure, an Imperial prison barge docks with an abandoned Star Destroyer, and a boarding party brings an unknown contagion aboard. Almost the entire crew and the prisoners die and turn into aggressive undead; only a handful of people survive, including two smuggler prisoners.
c. 1 BBYRescue of Princess LeiaThe prisoner was taken off the battle station along with the data that made it possible to find its weakness.